Roufahi Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Roufahi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Roufahi (64) may also be a first name.
Roufahi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roufahi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Roufahi is most common in Niger. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Roufahi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Roufahi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 64 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 581,576. In Niger Roufahi is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 58 percent reside, Zinder Region, where 21 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 9 percent reside. Beside Niger this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 3 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Roufahi
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